Different Drum : The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (2021)

"Michael Nesmith struck out on his own and signed with RCA Victor, where he indulged his passion for country music and gentle psychedelia while maintaining a hectic release schedule, issuing no fewer than six albums between 1970 and 1973. Despite the fact that Nesmith's RCA albums never connected with the mass audience the way his work with the Pre-Fab Four did, they've deservedly won a cult following for his smart, elliptical songwriting, the graceful but insistent twang of his melodies, and the superb picking of his accompanists, especially pedal steel player O.J. "Red" Rhodes, bassist John London, and drummer John Ware, who were the core of his First National Band. When Nesmith's RCA Victor albums were released to streaming services, they were enhanced with a number of unreleased bonus tracks, and 2021's Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings collects the bulk of that bonus material in one place, giving the songs a physical release for the first time" (AllMusic)